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YOUNGSTOWN — Barbara B. Amstutz, 85, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Park Vista Assisted Living. Barb was born Nov. 14, 1935, in New York City (Staten Island), to the late William and Marion Behlen. She grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Glen Ridge High School, where she was an All-State field hockey player. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She graduated with a B.A. degree in sociology and psychology. Barb then attended the Ohio State University and received a master’s degree in social work. Barb began...

Tuscarawas Parks to celebrate bike safety COURTESY OF THE TUSCARAWAS COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT The Tuscarawas County Park Department will celebrate Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15 at the Canal Lands Park Trailhead, 8645 Dover-Zoar Road NE, Dover.  The department will provide bike safety and trail guidance and give away 67 children’s bike helmets to families in the area on a first-come, first-served basis. Helmets were provided by the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics via their Put A Lid On It campaign in partnership with the Ohio Department o...

2:59 In 2008 and 2020 Ohio's unemployment insurance fund was tested by a national recession, and failed both times.    This resulted in the state needing to borrow money from the federal government to payout unemployment benefits. Those billions of dollars in loans had to be paid back with interest.   Ohio plans to use COVID recovery dollars to pay the current $1.4 billion it owes the feds this time around but Gov. Mike DeWine wants lawmakers to make the fund solvent.    "So we're recommending we pay off the debt, but we still are left with a structural problem."    Ohio businesses...

Ohio Public Radio In December 2016, then-Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) gathered with representatives from labor and business groups to announce a plan to change the unemployment system. However, legislation was never approved. Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on state lawmakers to take on the task of finally finishing a reform of Ohio's unemployment compensation system. The legislature has fallen short of accomplishing this, though bills have been proposed multiple times over the last decade. In 2008 and 2020 Ohio's unemployment insurance fund was tested by a natio...

  The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati has named Tamara Harkavy as its Chief Development Officer (CDO). As CDO, Harkavy will be responsible for working with professionals and volunteers to steward the Federation Endowment, whose assets are more than one hundred million dollars. She will also oversee the Federation’s annual fundraising effort of eight to ten million dollars, and lead the day-to-day management and supervision of a team of sixteen professionals plus nearly a hundred volunteers and lay leaders, all of whom support the community’s agencies and partners.   She will a...